The South Dakota Cowgirl

Names, a Paycheck, and Fun

11 Aug posted by admin

I’ve decided, and I know, Jill, that you’ll be proud of me. Shuttle’s unborn colt will be called Pebbles if it’s a filly and Bam Bam if it’s a horse colt. I have decided to register it as Joanie Loves Chachi, after the TV series, if it’s a girl but I have no idea [...]

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More on Success and a Foal

7 Aug posted by admin

We ended up not being able to make it to Dupree last night. It rained yesterday and we live in Gumbo country so we weren’t able to get the trailer out. I have no idea where we finished the series: as of last week, Kels was 3rd in her youth class and I was 3rd [...]

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Babies, Colts and Barrel Races

6 Aug posted by admin

I told you there was a LOT going on- so I’m decided to summarize with photo collages. Meg took the photos, and I made the collages. Let’s start with yesterday- We went to a barrel race in Ft. Pierre. We blew the second barrel again (and it’s all my fault, I realize) but [...]

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Iconoclast Equine

5 Aug posted by admin

So much amazing stuff has been going on this past week- there’s so much to share, so there may be a LOT of blogging going on this week- that is, in between the barrel races tonight, tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. We’ll also be taking a trip to Mt. Rushmore on Friday. There’s still [...]

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It’s Quilly in Here

5 Aug posted by admin

My sister got here Saturday and she is pretty in to photography, so I’m going to post a lot of the photos she’s taken. When we got to the barn Sunday, this is what we found:

After a dose of sedative, and several pulls with a pair of needle-nose pliers, Max the resident [...]

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